Native American Land Rights in Southern Arizona

Epidemiology of Glomerular Disease in Southern Arizona

Glomerulonephritis stands third in terms of the etiologies for end-stage kidney disease in the USA. The aim of this study was to look at the patterns of biopsy-proven glomerulonephritis based on data from a single center.Kidney biopsy specimens of all patients above the age of 18 years, over a 10-year period, who had diagnosis of nondiabetic glomerular disease, were selected for the study.The m...

Extrapulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections in Southern Arizona

Vitamin D insufficiency in southern Arizona.

BACKGROUND Vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency has been observed among populations in the northern United States. However, data on the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in areas of high sun exposure, such as Arizona, are limited. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations in residents of southern Arizona and to evaluate predictors ...

Who Owns Native Nature? Discourses of Rights to Land, Culture, and Knowledge in New Zealand

Michael Brown famously asked ‘Who owns native culture?’ This paper revisits that question by analyzing what happens to culture when the culturally defined boundary between it and nature becomes salient in the context of disputes between indigenous and settler populations. My case study is the dispute between the New Zealand government and Maori tribal groupings concerning ownership of the fores...

“Securing Women’s Land Rights in Southern and Eastern Africa”- Report on a CPA-UK

On Wednesday 8 th February, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association of the UK hosted a lunchtime lecture on “Securing Women’s Land Rights in Southern and Eastern Africa”. This event took place at the Houses of Parliament and was chaired by Heidi Alexander MP, with guest speakers Elizabeth Daley of Mokoro Ltd, Ruchi Tripathi of ActionAid International, and Simon Levine of ODI. The lecture was...